[My Father, this I ask of Thee]

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[My Father, this I ask of Thee]

Composer: Victor H. Benke (1900)
Published in 20 hymnals

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Composer: Victor H. Benke

Victor H. Benke was born on July 1872, Ratibor, Germany (now Racibórz, Poland). He emigrated to America at the of age 21. He served as the regular organist at the Bowery Mission in New York City for a number of years. He settled in Brooklyn where he gave piano and organ lessons and composed music. He worked with Fanny Crosby, who wrote words to a number of his pieces, and Ira Sankey. He also played the organ for Dwight Moody in his evangelistic work. Benke died on July 15, 1904 in New York. [Sources: Crosby, pp. 535, 562] NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/e/n/benke_vh.htm Go to person page >

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Title:	[My Father, this I ask of Thee]
Composer:	Victor H. Benke (1900)
Incipit:	31257 65143 64212
Key:	E♭ Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Piano Solo

For Today and Always: 32 Songs of the Faith arranged for Piano
Composer/Editor W. Elmo Mercer
Published By: Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc. (1994) pp. 32

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